Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le panier de pommes (The Basket of Apples) c.1893 Oil on canvas, 65 × 80 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art, Paul Cézanne once claimed, is “a harmony running parallel to nature,” not an imitation of nature.…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Gare Saint-Lazare, le train de Normandie (Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare) 1877 Oil on canvas, 60.3 × 80.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Impressionists frequently paid tribute to the modern aspects of Paris.…
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Au Moulin Rouge (At the Moulin Rouge) 1892–1895 Oil on canvas, 123 × 141 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec has been associated with the Moulin Rouge since its opening in 1889: the owner…
Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Child’s Bath 1893 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 66.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this work, Mary Cassatt addressed the theme for which she is best known—women and children—while also experimenting with compositional elements of…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les nymphéas (Water Lilies) 1906 Oil on canvas, 89.9 × 94.1 cm cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all,” said Claude Monet, referring to his late masterpieces, the water landscapes…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait (F 345, JH 1249) 1887 Oil on board on panel, 41 × 32.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In 1886 Vincent van Gogh left his native Holland and settled in Paris, where his beloved brother…
Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Le vieux guitariste (The Old Guitarist) late 1903–early 1904 Oil on panel, 122.9 × 82.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Pablo Picasso made The…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meules de blé, fin de l’été (Stacks of Wheat, End of Summer) 1890–1891 Oil on canvas, 60 × 100.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The monumental stacks that Claude Monet depicted in his series Stacks of Wheat…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Les Demoiselles à la rivière (Bathers by a River) 1909–1910 & 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 260 × 392 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Henri Matisse considered Bathers by a River to be one of the five most…